AI Agents¶

LusoVPS installs an AI agent on a server that is yours. You choose the agent and the plan, connect your own AI provider key, and the agent starts working. Your data stays on your server.

These guides assume no technical knowledge. Every guide shows the screens you will see, step by step, and ends with a quick check so you know it worked.

Which agent should I choose?¶

There are three agents. They all cost the same, so pick the one that fits the way you work.

Hermes

A personal assistant that learns. It remembers you between conversations and writes its own skills as it works. You talk to it on Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, by email or from the command line.

Best for: anyone who wants a personal assistant that gets better with use.
n8n

Visual automation. You draw workflows in an editor and connect the apps you already use: email, spreadsheets, CRM, invoicing, databases. An AI step can read, decide and summarise in the middle of a workflow.

Best for: businesses that want to automate repetitive work between apps.
OpenClaw

An assistant that lives in your messaging apps. You message it on WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord or Slack and it takes care of calendar, reminders, research and replies. It only answers the people you allow.

Best for: anyone who wants to hand off everyday tasks by message.

Not sure?

Start with Hermes if you want to chat with an assistant, or n8n if you already know which apps you want to connect. The server is yours: you can add another agent later.

More detail, side by side: Which agent should I choose?

Current plans and prices are on the Agents page.

Start here¶

Follow these in order the first time:

Then, for Hermes:

More for Hermes: chat in the dashboard, change the model, skills, memory, backup, terminal, logs.

For OpenClaw: First steps and connecting Claude. Then: dashboard tour, skills, logs and restart.

For n8n: Sign in and build your first AI agent with Claude. Then: tour, executions, webhooks, schedules, templates, backup.

Billing: invoices and payments, change your plan, cancel.

Guides for more AI providers are being added.

Questions¶

AI Agents FAQ · How much will the AI cost me? · The dashboard does not open

Practical examples¶

See Recipes: reminders, a morning briefing, website alerts, contract summaries, sales analysis and more, each one tested on a real agent.

What "uses your own AI keys" means¶

The agent itself runs on your LusoVPS server. The "thinking" is done by an AI model from a provider such as Anthropic (Claude), OpenAI or OpenRouter. You create an account with that provider, get an API key, and paste it into your agent. The provider bills you directly for what you use. LusoVPS adds no markup.